Davis was trying to prevent passage of Senate Bill 5, a controversial bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. It would also have required doctors to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles of an abortion facility, perform abortions in ambulatory surgical centers, and administer drugs that induce abortion in person, according to the Tribune. The bill's ambulatory-surgical-center requirement would have effectively shut down the vast majority of abortion clinics in Texas.

Full coverage of the lengthy filibuster wasn't offered by the major networks, leaving the Internet to carry the load.

Republicans were finally able to quash the filibuster, bringing the bill up for vote. The final vote seemed to be unclear at first, with some reports saying the bill was approved. However, the Tribune reported Wednesday that the bill was actually defeated.